GAMBIA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,752	1	1,340	+ 412
Malaria	2	1,208	7	674	+ 534
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,173	9	626	+ 547
Stroke	4	1,005	4	802	+ 203
Coronary Heart Disease	5	927	3	1,007	- 80
Low Birth Weight	6	843	8	662	+ 181
Birth Trauma	7	678	5	754	- 76
Road Traffic Accidents	8	543	6	695	- 152
Liver Disease	9	420	14	323	+ 97
Congenital Anomalies	10	389	11	383	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	11	388	2	1,125	- 736
Meningitis	12	338	18	229	+ 109
Kidney Disease	13	331	16	266	+ 66
Diabetes Mellitus	14	328	15	290	+ 38
Other Injuries	15	263	21	194	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	16	250	17	230	+ 20
Lung Disease	17	209	19	206	+ 4
Pertussis	18	200	27	99	+ 102
Hypertension	19	187	22	172	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	20	178	13	345	- 167
Malnutrition	21	159	26	110	+ 50
Suicide	22	158	25	113	+ 46
Tuberculosis	23	158	10	445	- 287
Asthma	24	153	24	134	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	25	149	43	21	+ 128
Measles	26	135	49	13	+ 122
Breast Cancer	27	135	40	26	+ 108
Violence	28	125	20	195	- 70
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	123	28	89	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	30	115	23	145	- 30
Drownings	31	98	30	69	+ 29
Falls	32	93	29	83	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	33	78	32	59	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	76	33	56	+ 20
Fires	35	74	31	67	+ 7
Lymphomas	36	66	51	12	+ 55
Epilepsy	37	63	35	43	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	38	62	47	14	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	39	56	54	5	+ 51
Liver Cancer	40	55	12	377	- 322
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	53	52	11	+ 43
Poisonings	42	53	36	42	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	43	36	37	34	+ 2
Drug Use	44	34	39	28	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	34	41	24	+ 10
Leukemia	46	34	59	2	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	47	31	42	23	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	48	30	53	6	+ 25
Oral Cancer	49	27	71	0	+ 27
Tetanus	50	27	45	18	+ 8
Syphilis	51	26	34	55	- 29
Skin Disease	52	25	44	19	+ 6
Hepatitis B	53	25	46	14	+ 11
Skin Cancers	54	17	68	0	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	55	17	66	1	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	56	15	61	2	+ 13
Encephalitis	57	15	48	14	+ 1
Alcohol	58	15	50	12	+ 3
Lung Cancers	59	11	38	34	- 22
Appendicitis	60	8	55	5	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	61	7	56	4	+ 3
Ascariasis	62	7	63	2	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	63	3	57	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	3	64	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	58	3	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	62	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	2	67	0	+ 1
War	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Benin

Gambia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.